The King of Fighters '98 UMFE/Blue Mary

Normal Moves

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Close

• cl. A: fast startup and + on block. whiffs on short crouchers. Not chainable. Cancelable.
• cl. B: short ranged normal with good frame advantage. Can combo into cl.C with a 1f link. Chainable. Cancelable.
• cl. C: two hitting close normal. good to use in combos since it deals good damage and both hits are cancelable. Safe on block. Cancelable.
• cl. D: two hitting close normal. has a lot of startup and is less safe than cl.C so this one doesn't have much use. cancelable.

Stand

• st. A: fairly short range but it can be used to stop some hops. whiffs on short crouchers. Chainable. Not cancelable.
• st. B: great poke with fast startup, good range, nice active frames and good recovery. Whiffs on tiny crouchers. Not chainable. Not cancelable.
• st. C: long ranged poke with a lot of startup and recovery making it unsafe on whiff. Kinda hard to punish on block because of the pushback. not cancelable.
• st. D: slow poke with a lot of recovery. but it has a lot of low invincibility. Not cancelable.

Crouch

• cr. A: a crouching jab with fairly short reach. Kinda bad on block at -3. good combo tool after cr.Bs. Chainable. Cancelable.
• cr. B: her main low combo starter. has good reach. Shrinks her hurtbox quite a lot. Chainable. Cancelable.
• cr. C: moves her forward a little bit. Has a lot of recovery making it very punishable. can be used in combos from ranges cl.C would whiff. Cancelable.
• cr. D: long reach but has kinda long recovery making it unsafe on block and whiff. Shrinks her hurtbox a lot so she can go under some flying projectiles with it. Not cancelable.

Jump

• j. A: decent jumpin attack with a lot of active frames.
• j. B: has long reach downwards making it another decent jumpin attack. It can also be used as an instant overhead.
• j. C: has a nice hitbox in front and slightly below Mary so this move can function as both an air to air and air to ground attack. Comes out fairly slow though.

• neutral j. C: great hitbox for air to airing as it has loads of priority in front of Mary.

• j. D: Marys best jumpin normal due to it's good speed, reach and damage. Can crossup. can be used as a instant overhead when used during a hyper hop.

Blowback

• st. CD: good grounded poke that can be cancelled on whiff and on contact to make it safer or apply different mixups.

• j. CD: great air to air normal. Whiffs on low crouchers.

Throws

Victor Heave: (close) b/f + C

• regular throw, techable. Mary picks the opponent up and drops them behind her and then delivers a elbow strike. Sends the opponent half screen away behind Mary with a backturned hard knockdown.

Head Throw: (close) b/f + D

• regular throw, techable. Mary flings the opponent behind her full screen distance causing a soft knockdown.

Command Normals

Hammer Arch: f + A

• overhead when done raw, loses the overhead property when cancelled into.

• one of Marys primary mixup tools.

• punishable on block when done raw and when cancelled into.

• a staple in her combos as it combos after her heavy attacks and allows her to cancel into a special or super.

• gives hard knockdown when hitting an airborne opponent.

Climbing Arrow: df + B

• good anti air that hits high up.

• can be cancelled into dp on hit for a combo.

• shrinks her hurtbox so can low profile some jumpins.

• pops grounded opponents up for an aerial reset on hit.

Double Rolling: f + B

• a slow double kick. First hit has low invincibility but hits mid and second hit has no invincibility but hits low.

• unsafe on block and not cancelable so bad in combos as well.

• avoid using this move.

Special Moves

Spin Fall: qcf + B/D

M. Spider: qcf + A/C

Straight Slicer: b~f + B/D

Crab Crunch: During Straight Slice hit, qcf + B/D

Vertical Arrow: dp + B/D

M. Snatcher: During Vertical Arrow hit, dp + B/D

Backdrop Real: (close) hcb, f + A/C

M. Reverse Race Lock: qcb + B

• counters only high attacks

M. Headbuster: qcb + D

• counters mid/low attacks

Desperation Moves

M. Typhoon: (close) hcb, hcb + B/D

M. Splash Rose: qcf, hcb + A/C

M. Dynamite Swing: qcf, qcf + B/D